. Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . lbs. 8 penny common lbs. 10 penny common lbs. 20 penny common nails. 2 lbs. 3 penny common nails. 1 lb. 3 inch staples. 2 thumb latches complete with screws. MISCELLANEOUS. 2 storm windows, 12 lights 10 by 12 squares building feet 42 inch poultry feet 42 inch lo-ounce duck. ADVANTAGES OE CURTAIN ERONT HOUSES. The Pioneer House was in use for 5 years with 60 pulletsin it each year. No. 2 house has been in use 9 years and theNo. 3 house 8 years. No. 2 and No. 3 houses have proven en-tirel
. Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station . lbs. 8 penny common lbs. 10 penny common lbs. 20 penny common nails. 2 lbs. 3 penny common nails. 1 lb. 3 inch staples. 2 thumb latches complete with screws. MISCELLANEOUS. 2 storm windows, 12 lights 10 by 12 squares building feet 42 inch poultry feet 42 inch lo-ounce duck. ADVANTAGES OE CURTAIN ERONT HOUSES. The Pioneer House was in use for 5 years with 60 pulletsin it each year. No. 2 house has been in use 9 years and theNo. 3 house 8 years. No. 2 and No. 3 houses have proven en-tirely satisfactory, especially No. 3. This is the type of housedescribed in the present bulletin which the Station after 8 yearsexperience feels warranted in recommending. Some years agothe experiment was tried of building a house on the same gen-eral plan as that of No. 3 but making it 20 ft. wide instead of16 ft. wide with the pens 20 ft. long. This house was given atrial for a number of years on a private plant in Orono, but 74 METHODS OF POULTRY MAINE AGRICULTURAI, EXPERIMENT STATION. 75 from all that can be learned the house was never so satisfactoryas the 16 ft. house at the Station, and has finally been aban-doned. Maine is subject to long spells of severe cold weather, withthe temperature considerably below zero at night, and aboutzero during the day, and with a good deal of high wind. Dur-ing such rough weather the bedding on the floor has kept com-paratively dry. The yields of eggs during severe weather andimmediately following it are rarely below those immediatelypreceding it. It should be borne in mind that had the weatherbeen mild all that time the hens probably would have in-creased in production rather than remained stationary. Theyare doubtless affected by the severe weather, but not seriously,as they uniformily begin to increase in production very soonafter the weather becomes normal for midwinter. These curtain front houses have all proved eminently s
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